Jeffrey Meyers

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie on horseback, by Walter Mittelholzer, c. February 1934. ETH Library Zurich. Public Domain.

In the Court of Haile Selassie

Oriental despot or martyr to fascism? Three very different writers reported on the court of Haile Selassie over his reign, producing contrasting accounts of Ethiopia’s emperor.

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Manuel Cortes in Hiding

The neglected life of a political idealist, whose 30-year ordeal, hidden from the world, spans a period of momentous change in Spain. 

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Monet in Algeria

The painter Claude Monet spent his early twenties as a soldier in French North Africa, yet none of his works or writings from this period survive.